Repatriated from Libya? There are local, overseas jobs available for you


August 5, 2014 4:26pm
21 repatriated OFWs arrived from Libya
21 repatriated OFWs arrived from Libya. Twenty-one overseas Filipino workers arrive at the NAIA Terminal 1 on Saturday, August 2, after their mandatory repatriation from strife-torn Libya. The Philippines urged its 13,000 workers in Libya to leave the North African nation now while they still can, warning that the remaining exit routes were closing fast.AFP/Jay Directo
Close to 1,000 local and overseas jobs are available for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were repatriated from strife-torn Libya, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced Tuesday.

Of the 979 construction and engineering-related job vacancies, 854 or 87 percent are local while the remaining 125 or 13 percent are for abroad.

According to the DOLE's Bureau of Local Employment, the available positions are in the National Capital Region, Regions, 1, 3, IV-A, 8, 12 and Caraga.

Overseas, the available job vacancies, as posted on Phil-Jobnet, are in Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Malaysia.

In Singapore:
  • Civil engineers (50)
  • Engineering (30)

In Saudi Arabia:
  • Construction painter (2)
  • Civil engineer (3)
  • Mechanical engineer (3)
  • High voltage electrical engineering technician (2)
  • Heating, ventilation, and air condition engineer (2)
  • Materials engineer (2)
  • Structural engineer (2)
  • Civil engineering draftsman (1)
  • Cost engineer (1)
  • Electrical engineer (1)
  • Engineer (1)
  • Production engineer (1)
  • Production engineering supervisor (1)
  • Snitary engineer (1)

In Qatar:
  • Construction foreman (6)
  • Construction equipment operator (4)
  • Site engineer (3)
  • Production engineer (2)
  • Production engineering assistant supervisor (2)
  • Equipment control engineer (1)
  • Industrial engineer (1)
  • Electrical engineer (1)

In Malaysia:
  • Chemical engineers (2)

"These are only for engineering jobs. The BLE is still collating the job vacancies for medical and other professional workers," said Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz.

According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), only about 1,000 of the estimated 13,000 Filipinos in Libya have availed of the government-led repatriation so far. Most reportedly prefer to stay in the area and keep their jobs despite the dangers there.

The DFA raised the alert level in Libya to 4 (Mandatory Repatriation) last July 20.

Libya's government and weak military have been unable to control two armed factions who have been fighting for nearly three weeks. Most Western governments have evacuated their embassies after clashes erupted in Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi, fearing Libya is sliding back into civil war three years after the uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi. —KBK, GMA News

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

PCG: China’s bullying in West Philippine Sea undermines international law --- Ghio Ong - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines — Letting China sustain its aggression in the West Philippine Sea would make other countries doubt the strength of international law currently being asserted by the Philippines, Commodore Jay Tarriela of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. “Allowing China to blatantly disregard the established rules-based order threatens the very foundation that we all depend on,” he wrote in a post on X last Tuesday. He added, “If we permit this, countries worldwide may forget why this order was created in the first place. Nations could begin to doubt the significance of adhering to international law if powerful bullies can easily violate it.” Tarriela also said defiance of other countries to a rules-based order would result in the prevalence of cruelty. He wrote, “This could lead us back to a time when might makes right, undermining the global structures that keep human greed, savagery and barbarism in check. Such a scenario would not only invite challenges from aggressive ...
Read more

China ships maintain presence in key West Philippine Sea areas --- Michael Punongbayan - The Philippine Star

STAR / Michael Varcas MANILA, Philippines — While Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) have decreased in number, they have maintained a presence in three key land features where naval and coast guard ships have intensified operations in the past seven days, according to the Philippine Navy. Latest monitoring by the Philippine Navy showed armed ships of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) maintaining a menacing presence around the grounded BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal, Panatag Shoal and Escoda Shoal. According to the Philippine Navy, there are 17 Chinese military vessels and 28 China Coast Guard (CCG) boats spotted inside the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) between Sept. 23 and 30, or one vessel more than in the previous week Sept.17-23. Five of the warships were seen roaming around the vicinity of Escoda Shoal, along with 10 CCG vessels and 12 maritime militia vessels (MMVs). There are also two PLAN ships in Ayungin Shoal as well as 10 CCG boats and 12...
Read more

Social media seen as cause of rising intermarriages --- Helen Flores - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) sees social media as the main reason for the rising number of Filipinos marrying or becoming partners of foreign nationals. In 2022, the CFO recorded 6,854 marriages or partnerships with foreign nationals, a 40.1 percent increase from the 4,891 “intermarriages” recorded in 2021. “First of all, what we see in the increase in the marriage rate of Filipinos or Filipinos with foreign partners is because of social media, (that) is number one; matchings; letters, introduction of their friends,” CFO chairperson Romulo Arugay said at the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon public briefing yesterday. Arugay said the agency has been registering a high number of intermarriages since 2007, but the figures went down during the COVID-19 pandemic. From over 6,500 Filipinos who married foreign nationals, only 600 are men, he said. Most of them are married to Americans, Japanese, Germans, Canadians and Australians, Arugay said. Arugay warned Fi...
Read more